§ 9. Mr. Stourtonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will take up with the Soviet Government the question of admitting representatives of the International Red Cross into Poland by the Government responsible, in order that medical aid and supplies for countering an outbreak of bubonic plague, typhus and typhoid, may be brought to Warsaw.
§ Mr. LawHis Majesty's Government are always ready to consider any suggestions as to how they might be of service in such matters. But they have not in the present case received any request from the International Red Cross Committee for assistance of the nature indicated by my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. StourtonWill my right hon. Friend bear in mind that there is an almost complete dearth of medical supplies in Warsaw and throughout Poland?
§ Mr. LawI will certainly bear in mind the point that my hon. Friend makes, but 1625 he must remember that we have at present no first hand opportunities of informing ourselves of conditions in Poland at all.
§ Mr. ShinwellIn view of the absence of accurate information on the subject, could the right hon. Gentleman do anything to suppress these Tory attacks on Soviet Russia?